I suppose the advantages of Microsoft doing it are that they have the money
for development, if they'd use it, and if it's integrated right in to the OS
that's a great thing.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]>
To: "gw-info" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: WLM
Hi:
I hardly expect that Microsoft will put its own screen reader into
Windows version 8, because they have been working hand in hand with GW
Micro throughout the development of Windows 7, Windows Vista and
Office 7. Why not leave well enough alone. After all, GW Micro has
been in the Screen Reading business for some 20 years now.
Kevin Huber
On 8/28/10, Louis <[email protected]> wrote:
Kieth I agree with you. A screen reader is by definition a program
that reads material on the screen. It is not an email program. Sure we
want a tool that can do all the things we want of it but that is
unfortunately not possible. In my experience Window Eyes is a great
product and GW Micro is a great company with excelent customer
support. This list, script central, and a human voice helping you with
your problem when you call GW in a prompt and efficient manner are a
few examples that GW shines above the competition. Sure Script Central
is intended to be a community effort but it shows that GW is
passionate about accessibility and realizes their weaknesses and
believe that users should know about them. What company do you know
would say "Hey, we won't be abel to work on scripts for our product
but we'll let you so you can make the product better and customize it
to your own taste while we make under the hood improvements to the
product." I know of very few companies that do this so don't criticize
GW for the faults of Microsoft. They're doing what they can to make
WLM accessible. If you don't like it then write a script yourself, or
if you're someone like me who doesn't know anything about scripting
ask or hire someone to write a better script for you or use a
different program. Let's not make this a bigger issue then it needs to
be. Kieth if you can elaborate on why Window Eyes might die with
Windows 8 I would very much like to hear it. Thanks for reading.
Louis
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